Scroll pulpit



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S. VINCENT SCROLL PULPIT I INVENTOR. 8zm077 14/706775 Aug. 1, 1950 FiledJuly 17, 1944 s. VINCENT 2,517,262

SCROLL PULPIT 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Aug. 1, 1950 Filed July -1'7, 1944Vincent Patented Aug. 1, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SCROLL PULPITSimon Vincent, Washington,. D. 0.

Application July 17, 1944, Serial Nb. 545,386

z claims.

My present invention, in its broad aspect, has to do with improvements.in pulpits and is designed to provide appropriate, changeable,illuminated pictorial representations to accompany the pastors: scriptwhile the sermon is being delivered, and at. the same. time to giveilluminated, changeable, line guides for the sermon, and means wherebythe pastor can check the ShOWiIlg of th pictures as the sermonprogresses.

More-particularly, it is; my purpose to provide an improved pulpitstructure in the front of which, and within. the View of thecongregation, is a pictorial display compartment with the: picturescarried. on. a movable belt. to display the pictures one aiter the otherto correspond with the text and the theme of; the sermon, and.illuminating means to complete the portrayal. A line guide carried. onthe. top of the pulpit is also characterized by a movable belt anddisplays the sequence of; lines forming a guide to the sermon, andilluminated by the same. illuminating means as the pictorial display; Areflecting device. keeps the pastor informed of the progress of the:pictorial display as: the sermon: is: delivered.

Other, and equally important objects and advantages of my invention are:('1) to. provide a. pulpit which is sturdy and simple in construction,and pleasing in appearance: (2:) to provide unique and improvedoperating and. illuminating means for the pictorial display: 31); toprovide a unique: and improved display compartment for the pictures; (4)to; provide; an improved illuminated line guide, and; to provide novelreflecting means so that the pictorial. display is. viewable" by theoperator, i. e., the pastor.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent as the descriptionproceeds, and it will be manifast: that my invention is simple. inconstruction, pleasing in appearance, practical in operation, and inevery way desirable for the. purposes for which it is intended.

In the drawings wherein I have illustrated a preferred embodiment of myinvention? Figure l is an elevation showing the front of my pulpit:

Figure 2 is an elevation showing the back of my pulpit;

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 33 of Figure 4;

Figure 4 is a top plan view, partly broken away and in section to showinterior parts;

Figure 5 is a front elevation of the support for the picture reels;

Figure 6 is a side view of the support for the picture reels;

Figure 7 is an enlarged section taken on the line 1--T of Figure 4 andshows't'he reflector, and.

Figure 8 is a plan View of the script or line: guide support.

In the drawings whereinlike. characters of reference are used todesignate; like or similar parts throughout the: several views:

The numeral I designates the hollow body of. my pulpit, and it will benoted that. its height is greater than its width. The. body has a. top2-, sides 3, a. back 4 and a front 5,. with top and. bottom moldings 6,feet I.

The front 5 is formed with a forwardly e tending compartment til; theconverging si'd'es H of which are somewhat inset from. the edges of thepulpit as at Hi. The front wall. and both side. walls have glass panes,t3. and a top andv bottom construction M providing a. deep framethrough. which pictures are displayed as will hereinafter appear. Apartition id is mounted back of. the compartment [0. and has an. openingl6 framed. as at H, such frame may be of deco.- rated sheet metal andhas an inwardly and angularly' flared edges l8=. Screwthreadedlyattached as at. W to. the upper part of the partiition I5 is an armcarrying a swinging bolt 2| with a-Wing nut E2.

Mounted for engagement. with the partition I 5 and. in. registry withthe. opening I 6 therein is a support 23 having side rails 24 engagingthe partition adjacent the opening F6 and a back panel 25 with a. lowerextension 26, cut to: provide feet 2'! and. a. slot 23 in its. upperedge. The back panel has an opening 291 corresponding with opening I6,and is supported by an arm 30 at: its top corner within the pulpit. Thesupport mounted. by engaging its: feet 21 back of a stop bar 3| on thefloor of the pulpit and engaging the swinging bolt 2+ in the slot 28 andscrewing up the Wing nut 22' to: hold the side rails 24* againstthelpartition l5,

Mounted between side rails 24 and journaled in brackets 32' are upperand lower reels carrying a transparent. belt 34' on. which aretransparent pictures. Each reel has a pin 36 at one end and a shaft 31at the other; The: top shaft 31 is coupled to a. shaft 31 j'ournaled ina box 38*. The shafts 31 and 3! are releasably held in engagement by asleeve 39. A pulley 4|] carried by the top shaft 31 cooperates with asimilar pulley 4| on the shaft 31 of the lower reel, and a cable belt 42to drive the lower reel with the upper reel to wind the belt 34displaying the pictures from one reel to the other back of, and inregistry with the frame opening [1. The shaft 3'! a downwardly andoutwardly angled lower end 24 which act as guide tracks for the belt 3as it travels from one reel to the other reel. A suitable journal plate41 is carried on the back wall 4 of the pulpit for the handle 46 whichdetacha bly engages the squared end of the shaft as at 48, and the shaftis further supported at its rear 6 end by a journal block 49 on thepanel 58 The back wall 4 has a hinged door 56 on which is mounted arectangular open front box 5i carrying the reflector 52. The reflectorhas a back 53. and outwardly flared sides 54 and is bent about and downthe sides of the loox5| and attached to the inner face of the door. Inthe center of the back of the reflector is mounted an illuminating bulb55. The reflector and bulb are positioned to throw rays through the belt345 and pictures 35. The'bulb 55 extends somewhat in advance of thereflector to throw some rays upwardly. A suitable'switch 56 is mountedon the back wall 4 adjacent the top of the pulpit to control the actionof the bulb 55;

Mounted to depend from the top 2 of the pulpit is a tube 5'! with anangular reflector plate 58 at its lower end which is in line with thepictures so that these pictures are visible to the pastor or otherperson through an eye glass 59 in the top of the pulpit. The handle 46is turned to display the desired pictures on the belt, which areilluminated by bulb 55, and the operation is checked by the operator, orpastor, through refiector tube 51.

The top 2 has a rectangular opening 53 therein near the back, beneathwhich is a rectangular support 59 having sides (ill, and an intermediate partitioning and supporting wall 65. Two reels 62 are mountedin. the support, each reel having an end shaft 63, one of which carriesa pulley 64 cooperating with a pulley on the shaft of the other reel andwith a cable belt 55 to operate both reels together. Shaft 63 of thereel nearest the back wall 4 has a'beveled pinion 66 meshing with adrive bevel gear 67 on a stub shaft 68 carrying at its end protrudingthrough the back wall4, a finger operating knob 59, so that manipulationof the knob advances the transparent belt H! on the reels 62 to displaytext in script lines H through the glass pane F2 carried by the top, andthe belt and text are illuminated by bulb 55, since the back of thesupport 59 is'open.

Access to the scrip belt 10 and the supportfifl is obtained through apivoted door 13 in the back wall 4 of the pulpit adjacent its top 2. I

The gears 43 and 44, are located within the box 38 which contains asolid lubricant to insure the smooth and noiseless operation of thegears and the shafts upon which they are mounted. The box 38, shaft 48and bearing block 49 are mounted upon a panel 48 which, like the support23, is removably secured within the pulpit. It is held in place againstone of the side walls of the pulpit by a piece 48 secured to bottom ofthe pulpit and by angle brackets 48 secured to thesaid side of thepulpit. The panel 48 hasitsyupper-end spaced downwardly from the top ofthe'pulpit, and is prbvided below the ,brackets 48 with notches 48whereby to permit it to be applied or removed in a manner well un- 1,derstood.

It is believed that the construction and operation' of my invention willbe apparent from the foregoing, together with its advantages, but it isemphasized that interpretation of its scope and the broad inventiveconcept, should only be made in the light of the subjoinecl claims.

I claim:

1. A pulpit construction, comprising a body having a top and bottom,side walls and a front wall and a back wall forming an interiorcompartment, transparent panels in said front wall, an access door tothe compartment in the back wall, a reflector carried by the door on theinterior surface thereof, an illuminating means carried by the reflectorcentrally thereof, a framing device removably mounted rearwardly of andspaced from the front wall interiorly of the compartment in alinementwith the transparent panels in said front wall, a belt carrying picturesadapted to be framed between said framing device intermediate of-saidpanels and said illuminating means, means for moving the belt to displaythe pictures through said panels, a tube carried by thetop rearwardly ofthe pictures, a reflector in the tube in alignment with the pictures tocheck the display of pictures and said pictures being transparent areilluminated by said illuminating means. i

2. The invention. as described in claim 1,-

wherein said framing device is provided with side -rails for supportingreels carrying the picture termeshing cooperating gears on said reelsfordriving said reels through said shaft to move the belt. between thereels.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patentz' UNITED STATES PATENTS Number 1 Name Date 279,504 Sandersonet a1. June 12, 1883 311,586 Jenne Feb.,3, 1885 876,141 Boyer Jan. '7,1908 1,413,157 Mickelson May 30, 1922 SIMON VINCENT.

